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Superdome Evacuation Halted Amid Gunfire
NEW ORLEANS - The evacuation of the Superdome was suspended Thursday after shots were fired at a military helicopter, an ambulance official overseeing the operation said. No immediate injuries were reported.
"We have suspended operations until they gain control of the Superdome," said Richard Zeuschlag, head of Acadian Ambulance, which was handling the evacuation of sick and injured people from the Superdome.
He said that military would not fly out of the Superdome either because of the gunfire and that the National Guard told him that it was sending 100 military police officers to gain control.
"That's not enough," Zeuschlag. "We need a thousand."
He said that shots were fired at a military helicopter over the Superdome before daybreak.
He also said that during the night, when a medical evacuation helicopter tried to land at a hospital in the outlying town of Kenner, the pilot reported that 100 people were on the landing pad, and some of them had guns.
"He was frightened and would not land," Zeuschlag.
He said medics were calling him and crying for help because they were so scared of people with guns at the Superdome.
Originally posted by Freedomrik
call it what you will, but if you can no longer make desissions about where you wont to go, You ARE a prisoner!
Granted it may be for there on saftety, but those in the Dome are prisoners of FEMA
Originally posted by Freedomrik
call it what you will, but if you can no longer make desissions about where you wont to go, You ARE a prisoner!
Granted it may be for there on saftety, but those in the Dome are prisoners of FEMA
Originally posted by JIMC5499
Watch, soon you are going to start seeing helicopter gunships with orders to take out anyone with a weapon.
Originally posted by alternateheaven
Oh wont that make a lovely vidoeo clip for the evening news; gunships opening fire on people and mowing them down... If they are taking people out via helicopters its no wonder they are mad, thats a very slow and limited method for removal. Oh well, time to sit back and watch the new rulebook be played out first-hand.
Originally posted by Valhall
OR, are you basically forced to go?
Freedomrik
Granted it may be for there on saftety, but those in the Dome are prisoners of FEMA
loam
I would not want the government to seize control of my ability to protect my own saftey interests.
people should be allowed to leave the dome/convention center or whatever
but alot of the population in NO is black, and texas population, being a southern state (is it a southern state?) is predominantly antisemetic white.
Another disruption occurs untill those people can no longer be held in TX......then what happens???